NVIDIA
Senior Customer Safety Engineer - Automotive
$152K–$242K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant experience; an advanced degree with equivalent experience is also accepted.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline (or equivalent experience), or an advanced degree with equivalent experience.
About the job
Represents NVIDIA’s functional safety strategy to automotive customers and helps them safely integrate and validate DRIVE products in vehicle systems.
What you'll do
- Explain functional safety strategies and architectures to customers; gather their requirements and system architectures for development teams.
- Help customers integrate and validate products in their systems and vehicles; tailor safety platforms and analyses.
- Support customer-facing safety materials and collaborate with safety management, solution architects, sales, and technical marketing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience, or an advanced degree with equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in system safety, functional safety, or systems engineering.
- Deep understanding of functional safety system architectures for ISO 26262; experience with IEC 61508 may also be considered.
- Experience interacting with customers and managing engagements.
Nice to have
- ADAS, autonomous vehicle, robotics, or industrial safety experience; safety methodologies and standards such as FMEA, FTA, STPA, UL4600, ISO 21448, or ISO 8800.
- Knowledge and experience with ECU/board-level E/E design and validation.
Pay
152,000 USD - 241,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
ISO 26262, IEC 61508, FMEA, FTA, STPA, UL4600, ISO21448, ISO 8800
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